Election night coverage

Online

The ABC's election website (abc.net.au/elections) is your destination for comprehensive coverage on election night, November 24.

Live Results

Our comprehensive live results system, designed by ABC election analyst Antony Green, will offer up-to-the-minute information on every electorate in the country as counting proceeds, as well as graphs and charts illustrating votes by party, both before and after preferences. Our ABC Prediction feature will also be available once a representative sample of votes have been counted.

You can browse electorates by postcode, suburb/town, state or alphabetically, as well as view our live electoral pendulum and live results for the Senate voting.

Latest News

The ABC's complete election coverage continues in the form of all the latest news and analysis, as well as audio and video posted online as events unfold.

Interactive maps

Live data feeds updating the map electorates as the numbers come in, providing a view of the state of the parties and identifying the changing seats.

The ABC Prediction feature will also be available, once a representative sample of votes have been counted*.

The Poll Vault blog

Join Cristen Tilley and Katie Cassidy on The Poll Vault for live blog coverage direct from the tally room in Canberra to get a unique behind-the-scenes perspective on events as they unfold on the night.

Streaming media

We will be streaming live ABC television and radio election coverage. Radio election coverage will also be streamed on ABC Local Radio's own websites.

* The new interactive map was designed by ABC News Online and all the electorate information has been compiled by Antony Green. The application is powered by Google, and provides a satellite and hybrid view of the country. Users simply enter their street address which takes them directly to their electorate on the map.

Television

From 6.00pm to 11.30pm (AEDT) (or until final result)

Kerry O'Brien is leading the TV coverage and will be joined by Tony Jones and ABC Election Analyst Antony Green. They will be joined on the set by Senator Nick Minchin, representing the Coalition, and Julia Gillard from the ALP.

ABC Political Editors Jim Middleton and Michael Brissenden will also feature in the coverage, as well as other senior journalists with the leaders in Sydney and in Brisbane, and with live crosses to all the key seats around Australia. There will be a 20-minute national news bulletin from 6.10pm to 6.30pm (AEDT) and a five-minute national news update at 7:00pm (AEDT).

This full coverage will also be broadcast on Australia Network throughout Asia and the Pacific.

Australia Votes 2007 will be on ABC TV at 4:00pm in WA, 4.30pm in the NT, 5:00pm in Qld, 5.30pm in SA and 6:00pm in NSW, VIC, the ACT and Tasmania. (all times AEDT)

On Sunday morning, Insiders with Barrie Cassidy at 9:00am (AEDT) will have a full round-up of the election results and give the best political commentary and analysis on how the numbers fell.

After Insiders, Alan Kohler and Inside Business will report on the election result's likely impact on the economic and business fronts.

Radio

6.05pm to 11.00pm (AEDT) (or until final result)

Mark Colvin and Chief Political Correspondent Chris Uhlmann will lead the coverage on ABC Local Radio, with political guests Penny Wong from the ALP and Marise Payne from the Liberal Party.

There will be one-minute wraps every hour on the half-hour, followed by two-minute updates from local newsrooms.

This full coverage will be taken live across the country by metropolitan and regional local radio.

PM with Mark Colvin will broadcast from the tally room on Friday night, November 23 and there will be a special post-election edition of AM on Sunday morning at 8:00am with Tony Eastley.

ABC News Radio will be mounting its own live coverage with Russell Powell, Steve Chase and Marius Benson, and incorporating elements of ABC Local Radioís coverage.

Roy and HG will be presenting Indecision 07 on triple j from 6pm AEDT.

Mobile

On election night and beyond, mobile users can get up-to-the-minute results for any electorate selected, as well as the state of the parties.
The application can be downloaded to almost any mobile internet-enabled phone, regardless of carrier. Complete download instructions are available at abc.net.au/mobile. This site also includes details of our election night SMS service, offering live seat-by-seat results on request.

The ABC mobile portal is a Java application that gives access to selected ABC content using the phone's data connection. It will be stored in the phone's Applications folder and can be deleted when no longer required. In this instance, the cost to the user is limited to 55 cents for the initial SMS request then data charges from the userís mobile phone carrier.

ABC Innovation recommends that people who wish to utilise the Australia Votes 2007 mobile application first check data transfer charges with their mobile carrier. Most mobile phone carriers now offer mobile data packs that include capped downloads.